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WCOTP
World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession
Successor	Education International (EI)
Founded	1952
Dissolved	1992

The World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing teachers.

History

The federation was established in 1952, with the merger of the International Federation of Secondary Teachers (FIPESO), the International Federation of Teachers' Associations (IFTA), and the World Organisation of the Teaching Profession (WOTP), the three main international federations of teachers. FIPESO and the IFTA became sections of the new organisation, while the WOTP was dissolved into it.^[1]

The federation aimed to promote the consolidation of teachers' unions, to have one in each country, to support its members, and to exchange professional knowledge. For many years, it had around 140 members, plus sixty associate members and five specialist international members. These international members were the International Association for School Librarianship, the International Council on Education for Teaching, the International Council on Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and the International Reading Association.^[1]

At the end of 1992, the federation merged with the International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions, to form Education International.^[2]

Affiliates

In 1979, the following unions were affiliated to the federation:^[1]

Union	Country	Affiliated membership
Australian Teachers' Federation	Australia	104,404
Verband der Professoren Oesterreichs	Austria	1,500
Bangladesh College Teachers' Association	Bangladesh	10,320
Barbados Secondary Teachers' Union	Barbados	230
Barbados Union of Teachers	Barbados	1,200
Fédération de l'enseignement moyen officiel du degré superieur de Belgique	Belgium	1,000
Fédération générale du personnel enseignant	Belgium	3,362
Belize National Teachers Union	Belize	500
Amalgamated Bermuda Union of Teachers	Bermuda	650
Botswana Teachers' Union	Botswana	265
Associacao Brasileira de Educacao	Brazil	1,000
Confederacao dos Professores do Brasil	Brazil	20,150
British Virgin Islands Teachers' Association	British Virgin Islands	100
Brunei Malay Teachers' Association	Brunei	1,344
Canadian Teachers' Federation	Canada	212,874
China Education Society	Taiwan	500
Asociacion Nacional de Educadores	Costa Rica	18,000
Danmarks Laererforening	Denmark	46,492
Gymanasieskolernes Laererforening	Denmark	3,400
Solidaridad de Maestras Salvadorenas	El Salvador	1,000
Fiji Teachers' Union	Fiji	1,600
Fijian Teachers' Association	Fiji	1,800
Lastentarhanopettajaliitto	Finland	1,779
Opettajien Ammattijarjesto	Finland	35,866
Svenska Finlands Lärarförbund	Finland	1,700
Syndicat national de l'enseignement technique	France	11,000
Syndicat national des enseignements de second degre	France	45,500
Syndicat national des personnels de direction des éstablishments de l'enseignement secondaire	France	2,926
Syndicat national des Professeurs des Ecoles normales	France	1,500
Gambia Teachers' Union	Gambia	400
Deutscher Lehrerverband	West Germany	120,500
Ghana National Association of Teachers	Ghana	22,000
Assistant Masters' Association	United Kingdom	40,000
Association of Assistant Mistresses	United Kingdom	33,300
Association of Head Mistresses	United Kingdom	765
Head Masters' Association	United Kingdom	1,855
National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education	United Kingdom	40,000
National Union of Teachers	United Kingdom	196,164
Educational Institute of Scotland	United Kingdom	45,527
Ulster Teachers' Union	United Kingdom	3,664
Federation of Primary Teachers of Greece	Greece	15,000
Guyana Association of Masters and Mistresses	Guyana	128
Guyana Teachers' Association	Guyana	2,472
Colegio Profesional 'Superacion Magisterial' Hondureno	Honduras	3,133
Hong Kong Teachers' Association	Hong Kong	1,041
Felag menntaskolakennara	Iceland	140
Samband Islenzkra Barnakennara	Iceland	1,086
All-India Federation of Educational Associations	India	450,000
Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia	Indonesia	256,800
Iran Teachers' Association	Iran	6,000
Association of Secondary Teachers	Ireland	3,000
Irish National Teachers' Organisation	Ireland	18,670
Association of Secondary School Teachers	Israel	6,000
Israel Teachers' Union	Israel	25,040
Federazione Nazionale Insegnanti Scoule Medie	Italy	1,000
Sindicato Nazionale scuola media	Italy	8,000
Syndicat national de l'enseignement primaire public de Cóte de'Ivoire	Cote d'Ivoire	Unknown
Jamaica Teachers' Association	Jamaica	14,000
Japan Education Association	Japan	35,000
Japan Teachers Union	Japan	381,000
Kenya National Union of Teachers	Kenya	38,200
Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations	South Korea	60,000
Syndicat des enseignants des écoles privées	Lebanon	7,000
National Teachers' Association of Liberia	Liberia	2,500
Association des instituteurs réunis	Luxembourg	1,800
Association des professeurs de l'enseignement secondaire et supérieur	Luxembourg	600
General Federation of Teachers of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	460
Fédération des Syndicats des Fonctionnaires des Affaires Culturelles	Madagascar	1,850
National Union of the Teaching Profession	Malaysia	8,000
Sabah Teachers' Union	Malaysia	1,000
Sarawak Teachers' Union	Malaysia	1,200
Syndicat National de l'Education et de la Culture	Mali	3,000
Malta Union of Teachers	Malta	2,500
Secondary School Teachers' Association	Malta	310
Dutch Association of Teachers	Netherlands	14,674
New Zealand Educational Institute	New Zealand	17,558
Post Primary Teachers' Association	New Zealand	9,300
Nigeria Union of Teachers	Nigeria	150,000
Norsk Laererlag	Norway	34,200
Norsk Lektorlag	Norway	7,125
Magisterio Panameno Unido	Panama	1,620
Papua New Guinea Teachers' Association	Papua New Guinea	9,800
Federacion de Educadores del Paraguay	Paraguay	1,704
Philippine Public School Teachers' Association	Philippines	147,000
Rhodesia African Teachers' Association	Rhodesia	1,898
Rhodesia Teachers' Association	Rhodesia	2,329
Sierra Leone Teachers' Union	Sierra Leone	4,850
Singapore Chinese Middle School Teachers' Union	Singapore	500
Singapore Chinese School Teachers' Union	Singapore	1,200
Singapore Malay Teachers' Union	Singapore	782
Singapore Tamil Teachers' Union	Singapore	150
Singapore Teachers' Union	Singapore	7,000
African Teachers' Association of South Africa	South Africa	20,000
Federacion de Trabajadores de la Ensenanza del Estado Espanol	Spain	Unknown
All-Ceylon Union of Teachers	Sri Lanka	1,200
Swaziland National Association of Teachers	Swaziland	800
Lärarhögskolornas och Seminariernas Amneslärarförening	Sweden	700
Lärar Riksförbund	Sweden	17,773
Svenska Facklärarförbundet	Sweden	37,042
Swedish Teachers' Union	Sweden	57,159
Skolledarförbundet	Sweden	1,715
Tekniska Linjers Lärarförbund	Sweden	500
Schweizerischer Lehrerverein	Switzerland	19,000
Société pédagogique de la Suisse romande	Switzerland	6,100
Société suisse des professeurs de l'enseignement secondaire	Switzerland	3,560
Education Society	Thailand	510
Syndicat des enseignants laiques du Togo	Togo	1,500
Tonga Teachers' Association	Tonga	222
Trinidad and Tobago Teachers' Union	Trinidad and Tobago	6,000
Syndicat national de l'enseignement primarie en Tunisie	Tunisia	3,000
Uganda Teachers' Association	Uganda	4,000
National Education Association	United States	1,400,000
Organisation libre des enseignants africains de Haute-Volta	Upper Volta	185
Asociacion de Profesores de Ensenanza Secundaria	Uruguay	1,200
Union de Funcionarios Docentes y Administrativos de la Universidad del Trabajo	Uruguay	1,200
Caribbean Union of Teachers	West Indies	25,000
Zambia National Union of Teachers	Zambia	13,000

Leadership

General Secretaries

1952: William George Carr

1970: John M. Thompson

1980: Norman Goble

1989: Robert Harris

Presidents

1952: Ronald Gould

1970: William George Carr

1975: Wilhelm Ebert

1978: Motofumi Makieda

1981: Jim Killeen

1986: Joseph Itotoh

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Coldrick, Percy; Jones, Philip (1979). The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement. New York: Facts on File. pp. 223–233. ISBN 0871963744.
^ Potts, Patricia (1995). Equality and Diversity in Education. Psychology Press. ISBN 0415119987.

[coldrick-1] Coldrick, Percy; Jones, Philip (1979). The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement. New York: Facts on File. pp. 223–233. ISBN 0871963744.

[2] Potts, Patricia (1995). Equality and Diversity in Education. Psychology Press. ISBN 0415119987.

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